National Bowel Cancer Screening Program: monitoring report 2019
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2019) National Bowel Cancer Screening Program: monitoring report 2019, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 29 September 2023.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2019). National Bowel Cancer Screening Program: monitoring report 2019. Canberra: AIHW.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. National Bowel Cancer Screening Program: monitoring report 2019. AIHW, 2019.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. National Bowel Cancer Screening Program: monitoring report 2019. Canberra: AIHW; 2019.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2019, National Bowel Cancer Screening Program: monitoring report 2019, AIHW, Canberra.
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This report presents statistics on the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program (NBCSP) using key performance indicators. Of those who were invited to participate in the NBCSP between 1 January 2016 and 31 December 2017, 41% undertook screening. For those screened in 2017, 8% had a positive result warranting further assessment. One in 29 participants who underwent a follow-up diagnostic assessment was diagnosed with a confirmed or suspected cancer.
- ISBN: 978-1-76054-538-3
- Cat. no: CAN 125
- Pages: 113
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Of the 4.1 million people invited between January 2016 and December 2017, 41% participated
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The re-participation rate in 2016–2017 for people who had taken part in an earlier invitation round was 78%
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Of those assessed in 2017 after a positive screen, 1 in 29 were diagnosed with a confirmed or suspected cancer
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Since the program began in August 2006, about 5.5 million NBCSP screening tests have been completed